A new book by an U.S. investigative reporter claims that the supposed alien crash landing at Roswell was a plan hatched by former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to scare Americans. The 1947 incident in the desert of New Mexico prompted one of the greatest alien conspiracy theories in history that an alien spacecraft crashed there and that the U.S. government covered up the recovery of extraterrestr...

The Korea Herald starts a special series of articles under the title, “Culture Power Korea,” reporting on how Korean culture and Korean studies are being promoted around the world. The series, to be published Tuesdays and Fridays for the next several weeks, comes as the Korean Wave, or hallyu, has become increasingly popular among the global audience, while efforts overseas for promoting deeper ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- About a dozen years ago, Paul and Susan Damon of St. Paul, Minnesota, did something radical: They deliberately killed half their lawn. A few years later, they killed the rest of it. Gradually, they‘ve transformed their city lot into a small urban prairie, with more than 130 species of native plants. “We wanted to turn it into a haven for birds and butterflies,” said Paul, a lands...

Accessories give one white sofa six distinctive looks By Stacy Downs, McClatchy Newspapers Neutral certainly doesn’t mean boring. Especially when it comes to sofas. In fact, most designers say a neutral sofa is your best bet. As seasons change and your home decor evolves, you can update a room simply through throw pillows. We thought we’d put that theory to the test with one white sofa, six d...

Acting chair stresses use of hallyu to draw U.S. students BOSTON ― Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences will appoint a scholar in Korean and comparative literature to enhance Korean studies, and strengthening the existing four-year Korean-language, cinema and media program, said a professor at BU. “Boston is a strong place for Korean studies. One reason that Korean studies has become ...

BOSTON ― Most Korean people must have memories from their school days of trying to memorize important dates and names from Korean history for exams. They may feel that learning about Korean history, especially early history, might be more boring than any other study. In Boston, however, the Korea Institute of Harvard University’s approach to helping students learn about early Korea can be curre...

VALENCIA (AP) ― They can defuse bombs, help decontaminate nuclear power plants, even vacuum the living room floor without bashing into the furniture or knocking over a vase. One thing you don’t see robots doing, though, is jamming with a live, human orchestra. Breaking into a 12-bar solo is something that’s still pretty much the province of people. Except at the California Institute of the Arts...

The audience held its breath as a woman in a tight mini dress sang “All That Jazz.” The song from the musical “Chicago” was picked by the woman herself for the opening of her show “This is Kolleen”. Kolleen Park’s sellout show marked the opening of the Seoul Jazz Festival 2011, held in Seoul’s most prestigious art center. The 44-year-old’s colorful two-hour performance opened the four-day jazz ...

Richard Perea, president of Times Aerospace Korea and Washington Times Aviation USA, hurried to Seoul last week in connection with a legal dispute involving his company. “I received word that throughout the Korean media, articles were published claiming that Moon Hyun-jin was suing his mother,” Perea said in an interview. “The case referred to is a lawsuit that Washington Times Aviation USA had ...

Korea sees hope in Venezuelan education model ‘El Sistema’ Eighteen-year-old Lee Jeong-wook doesn’t know where he was born. From the first moment he can recall from his childhood, he has lived in Busan Boystown, a children’s shelter where 700 orphaned children from toddlers to high school students live together. But unlike many other Korean teenagers undecided about their career path after high...

Cooking solo grows up, classes offer recipes for one Have you ever eaten over the sink or in front of an open fridge and felt miserable? Cooking for one is not typically seen as an exciting proposition. Whether you are a student or a single working adult, many people living alone end up eating leftovers or the same thing meal after meal. So it was for 24-year-old student Kim Hye-seon, until she...

Naju lies at the center of the 137-kilometer-long Yeongsan River, which has fed the rich rice fields of South Jeolla Province for thousands of years since the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Naju was a city of such significance that the region’s name, “Jeolla,” was formed from Jeonju (Jeon) of North Jeolla and Naju (Na) of South Jeolla. Until just a century ago, Yeongsanpo, a small inlet town on the Ye...

They say Italy is for lovers. But is Italy for kids? It’s certainly a romantic destination, from its spectacular architecture to its beautiful coastlines to its famously fine wine. It can also be an intimidating place to tote little ones, with its cautionary tales about pickpockets, and its very real plethora of crazy drivers and cigarette smokers. But the culture in Italy is so rich and vibran...

Cutrone speaks to young women Normal Gets You Nowhere By Kelly Cutrone, with Meredith Bryan, (HarperOne, $23.99) Kelly Cutrone stands out in the fashion world. She always dresses in black, does not wear makeup or do her hair. Yet she founded People’s Revolution, a successful fashion PR company, and has appeared on Bravo’s “Kell on Earth” and MTV’s “The Hills” and “The City.” In her words, th...